Voice of the people (letter).

Trimble Trouble

June 10, 2000|By James Gallagher, National president, Irish American Unity Conference.

WASHINGTON — It is debatable whether Ulster politician David Trimble ("Time for the IRA to make good," Editorial, May 31) is "resilient and resourceful," as you suggest, or carefully crafting each crisis to gain sympathy and concessions.

His performances have already caused the British government to ignore many policing recommendations and to give "private assurances" on others proposed by the Patten Commission.

Which leads us to your concern for IRA "parsing of meaning" or "stalling" or "reneging" on its purported desire for peace.

While the British fail to turn the Patten words into deeds, illegally suspend an elected assembly and humor David Trimble's racist remarks against Sinn Fein, you aim your harshest criticism for the only party to this conflict that has abided by every jot and tittle word of the Belfast Agreement.

For our part, you can call the N. I. police the Royal Mad Hatter and Mafia Society, which it surely is, as long as you take away their guns, emergency powers and keep them in their cage on a short leash.